Image: Nintendo Following an announcement earlier this month, Nintendo’s free Switch eShop and smart device application Hello, Mario! is now available to download. This game is designed for parents and their children and is only available in Japan right now.…
Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s exports plunged 2.6% in July from a year earlier, their steepest drop since February 2021, as shipments to its two largest markets — the United States and China — declined. The fall was…
U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, capping a choppy week of trading with the market’s third winning week in the last four and another milestone. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, finishing just shy of the record it set last week. The…
Asian shares dropped after President Donald Trump ratcheted up trade tensions saying he won’t delay the July 9 deadline for imposing higher levies on trading partners. A regional stocks gauge retreated 0.4%. Japanese equities declined 1% after Trump threatened to…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump will control the so-called “golden share” that’s part of the national security agreement under which he allowed Japan-based Nippon Steel to buy out iconic American steelmaker U.S. Steel, according to disclosures with the…
A worker handles sacks of brown rice at a Shinmei Co. plant in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Bags of rice are expected to start filling the shelves of Japan’s supermarkets again soon as farmers harvest…
Hong Kong. Kowloon. Busy street in Mong Kok District. Acavalli | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that a trade deal with China was “done.” Chinese imports would invite 55%…
The Star Wars feature project that teams Ryan Gosling with director Shawn Levy has a name and a release date. Star Wars: Starfighter will open on May 28, 2027. That’s just three weeks after fellow mega-Disney title, Avengers: Secret Wars,…
Shop owners of a 70-year-old “takoyaki”, or octopus balls, restaurant chat while cooking along a street in the Taito Ward area of Tokyo on February 21, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s inflation grew 3.6% year…
A pedestrian jogs along the Bund across from buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street declined overnight as…